Just got back to plays TS3 after a 6 month hiatus. Before said hiatus, however, I remember sending my child sims to the library after school as homework got done faster in the enviroment.
I also remember some of my child sims becoming singed after doing their homework near instantaneously. I think it had something to do with the 'genius' or 'bookwork' traits that they had. Either way, it was hilarious to send those poor, soot-covered souls home in nothing but their skivvies.
Were your child sims witches by any chance? Sometimes when child or teen witches do homework they can instantly complete it with magic, although sometimes they might end up singed.
If one uses the miner to drill a hole, the hole becomes part of a tunnel network that allows near-instantaneous travel between all drilled holes anywhere in the town. The holes must be named, lest you become confused.
I found out recently (from watching Youtube) that if you own a resort, there are all kinds of changes you can make to different objects on your lot:
You can set the temperature of the firewalk (the coals your sims can try to walk across)
You can chlorinate the swimming pool!
You can decide what type and quality of food to serve on buffet tables
You can make all kinds of changes to the check out desk and employees
And of course you can upgrade the resort as you earn stars. This is automatic for the buildings at your resort (just a click makes them bigger) and you can recolor most of them.
There is probably a lot more of course but that's all I know for now.
Male and female sims with the proper trait have a special introduction when first meeting. After the female sim curtsy she will hold up a hand and the male sim will kiss it.
This isn't necessarily an in-game thing, but I only recently realized that the last four digits of the "lastdevice" line in Options.ini are the same as the last four digits of the Nvidia driver version you have installed. For example, I just installed Nvidia driver version 527.56, so the last four digits of lastdevice should be changed to 2756. This is useful if you have an Nvidia graphics card and The Sims 3 constantly deletes all of your settings any time you update the driver. I used to do a whole annoying routine of backing up my Options.ini, booting up the game, having my settings wipe out, closing the game, copying the newly generated lastdevice line to my backup, saving the backup as my new Options.ini, then booting the game again to actually play if I even feel like it anymore. Now I just edit Options.ini and change those four numbers whenever I update my Nvidia driver.
This is probably a boring response, but it's exciting to me because that problem was so annoying.
If your child Sim has found monsters under the bed, you can get rid of that moodlet by asking another Sim to be protected. I always thought that interaction was mostly useless, so this surprised me!
I don't know if it's intentional but I had my pyromaniac sim set something on fire in his dormitory. He burned the sink and insurance grant me money to cover my loss.
It was only $27, but maybe this could be used as a quick crash grab.
I don't know if it's intentional but I had my pyromaniac sim set something on fire in his dormitory. He burned the sink and insurance grant me money to cover my loss.
It was only $27, but maybe this could be used as a quick crash grab.
The question is, can you actually replace that same sink for the 27 bucks? If so, you still made no money and if not, you lost money.
I don't know if it's intentional but I had my pyromaniac sim set something on fire in his dormitory. He burned the sink and insurance grant me money to cover my loss.
It was only $27, but maybe this could be used as a quick crash grab.
The question is, can you actually replace that same sink for the 27 bucks? If so, you still made no money and if not, you lost money.
Items don't burn if you have a pyromaniac set them on fire so the sink was fine. It's a purely cosmetic fire. Which is why I was surprised insurance gave me money for an untouched sink.
I don't know if it's intentional but I had my pyromaniac sim set something on fire in his dormitory. He burned the sink and insurance grant me money to cover my loss.
It was only $27, but maybe this could be used as a quick crash grab.
The question is, can you actually replace that same sink for the 27 bucks? If so, you still made no money and if not, you lost money.
Items don't burn if you have a pyromaniac set them on fire so the sink was fine. It's a purely cosmetic fire. Which is why I was surprised insurance gave me money for an untouched sink.
I've never played a sim with the frugal trait. I like my sims to live it up whenever they can.
My university sim had a NPC roommate that was frugal. When he left his bedroom she walked up the stairs and into his room and turned off the lights. Then a thought bubble of a stack of money appeared over her head. She was happy she was saving money. Anytime a cheap object is bought for their place she makes sure she gives her approval. Lol!
This isn't necessarily an in-game thing, but I only recently realized that the last four digits of the "lastdevice" line in Options.ini are the same as the last four digits of the Nvidia driver version you have installed. For example, I just installed Nvidia driver version 527.56, so the last four digits of lastdevice should be changed to 2756. This is useful if you have an Nvidia graphics card and The Sims 3 constantly deletes all of your settings any time you update the driver. I used to do a whole annoying routine of backing up my Options.ini, booting up the game, having my settings wipe out, closing the game, copying the newly generated lastdevice line to my backup, saving the backup as my new Options.ini, then booting the game again to actually play if I even feel like it anymore. Now I just edit Options.ini and change those four numbers whenever I update my Nvidia driver.
This is probably a boring response, but it's exciting to me because that problem was so annoying.
Thank you for sharing this. I use custom settings in the options.ini and to know now there is a way to change the last 4 digits of the last device to the current NVidia driver version makes it so quick and easy to keep the custom settings. I just did this last night after updating to the latest for Resident Evil 4. Now I can easily get back into TS3 anytime and I no longer have to dread a new NVidia driver update that I would hold off on for as long as possible. Much appreciated.
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Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter”
I didn't realize until recently that certain lights can be placed onto the mixologist's bar next to the drinks. I knew about the countertops, but just not literally at their station.
A few months ago, I learned that I can create a pond in my backyard and put 10 fish of the same type into it so that I can fish for this type indefinitely. And I used this knowledge for deathfish.
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Were your child sims witches by any chance? Sometimes when child or teen witches do homework they can instantly complete it with magic, although sometimes they might end up singed.
You can set the temperature of the firewalk (the coals your sims can try to walk across)
You can chlorinate the swimming pool!
You can decide what type and quality of food to serve on buffet tables
You can make all kinds of changes to the check out desk and employees
And of course you can upgrade the resort as you earn stars. This is automatic for the buildings at your resort (just a click makes them bigger) and you can recolor most of them.
There is probably a lot more of course but that's all I know for now.
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This is probably a boring response, but it's exciting to me because that problem was so annoying.
A neat little detail.
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It was only $27, but maybe this could be used as a quick crash grab.
The question is, can you actually replace that same sink for the 27 bucks? If so, you still made no money and if not, you lost money.
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Items don't burn if you have a pyromaniac set them on fire so the sink was fine. It's a purely cosmetic fire. Which is why I was surprised insurance gave me money for an untouched sink.
Does that count as insurance fraud?
Brilliant! 😆 I shall have to try it!
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My university sim had a NPC roommate that was frugal. When he left his bedroom she walked up the stairs and into his room and turned off the lights. Then a thought bubble of a stack of money appeared over her head. She was happy she was saving money. Anytime a cheap object is bought for their place she makes sure she gives her approval. Lol!
Thank you for sharing this. I use custom settings in the options.ini and to know now there is a way to change the last 4 digits of the last device to the current NVidia driver version makes it so quick and easy to keep the custom settings. I just did this last night after updating to the latest for Resident Evil 4. Now I can easily get back into TS3 anytime and I no longer have to dread a new NVidia driver update that I would hold off on for as long as possible. Much appreciated.
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter”
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